EP4114909B1 - Schmiermittelzusammensetzungen für nicht-newtonsche motoren zur besseren kraftstoffeinsparung - Google Patents

Schmiermittelzusammensetzungen für nicht-newtonsche motoren zur besseren kraftstoffeinsparung Download PDF

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EP4114909B1
EP4114909B1 EP21704992.3A EP21704992A EP4114909B1 EP 4114909 B1 EP4114909 B1 EP 4114909B1 EP 21704992 A EP21704992 A EP 21704992A EP 4114909 B1 EP4114909 B1 EP 4114909B1
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  • This application relates to engine oil lubricants compositions.
  • compositions are useful for gasoline and diesel engines and provide excellent fuel efficiency.
  • US2013/090273 discloses a low viscosity engine oil composition.
  • a major challenge in use of low viscosity engine oil lubricant composition is simultaneously increasing fuel efficiency while also maintaining engine wear protection and low oil consumption.
  • the use of low viscosity base oils provides a fuel efficiency benefit, but can result in increased volatility and oil consumption.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition may includes a polyalpha olefin base oil component in an amount of 50 wt% to 90 wt% based on a total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • the polyalpha olefin base oil component is a Group IV base oil and have has a Noack volatility of 12.5% to 15%.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition may further includes a Group II base oil component in an amount of 0.1 wt% to 50 wt% based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition further includes a non-borated succinimide dispersant having a peak molecular weight of 6000 or less as determined using gel permeation chromatography with polystyrene calibration standard, in an amount of 0.1 wt% to 8 wt% based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition, and a friction modifier.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition has a kinematic viscosity at 100°C of 10 cSt or less.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition further has a high temperature high shear viscosity at 150°C of 2.2 cP or less.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition has a Noack volatility of 20% or less.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition may include a polyalpha olefin base oil component in an amount of 52 wt% to 70 wt% based on a total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • the Group II base oil component may be a gas to liquids base oil component in an amount of 8 wt% to 29 wt% based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition may further include a second succinimide dispersant in an amount of 0.1 wt% to 8 wt%, based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition, wherein the second succinimide dispersant has a peak molecular weight of 4000 to 6000, as determined using gel permeation chromatography with polystyrene calibration standards.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition may further include polymeric ethylene oxide friction modifier in an amount of 0.1 wt% to 5.0 wt% based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition may have a kinematic viscosity at 100°C of 6 cSt or less.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition may have a Noack volatility of 10% to 18%.
  • the present disclosure relates to engine oil lubricant compositions.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions may comprises a polyalpha olefin ("PAO") base oil component having a Noack volatility of 12 .5 % to 15% and a Group II base oil component.
  • PAO polyalpha olefin
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions may also includes at least one dispersants and a friction modifier.
  • particular embodiments of the engine oil lubricant compositions may provide improved fuel efficiency and desirable levels of Noack volatility.
  • inclusion of a polymeric ethylene oxide friction modifier can provide improved fuel efficiency with desirable levels of Noack volatility.
  • use of certain dispersants can also improve fuel efficiency with desirable levels of Noack volatility.
  • non-borated succinimide dispersants can improve fuel efficiency with desirable levels of Noack volatility as compared to borated dispersants.
  • low molecular weight succinimide dispersants can also improve fuel efficiency with desirable levels of Noack volatility.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions may be non-Newtonian in terms of viscometric properties.
  • a non-Newtonian fluid is a fluid in which the viscous stresses arising from its flow, at every point, are not linearly proportional to the local strain rate.
  • the viscosity (the measure of a fluid's ability to resist gradual deformation by shear or tensile stresses) is dependent on shear rate or shear rate history.
  • a Newtonian fluid is a fluid that in which the viscous stresses arising from its flow, at every point, are linearly proportional to the local strain rate, that is the rate of change of its deformation over time.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions may have a relatively low kinematic viscosity at 100°C ("KV100").
  • KV100 kinematic viscosity at 100°C
  • KV100 kinematic viscosity at 100°C
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions may have a KV100 of 10 centistokes (cSt) or less, such as 8 cSt or less, or 6 cSt, or 4 cSt or less, or 2 cSt or less.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions may have a relatively low HTHS viscosity at 150°C.
  • HTHS viscosity of an engine oil lubricant compositions or base oil component thereof refers to high temperature high shear (“HTHS") viscosity as measured in accordance with ASTM D4683.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions may have a HTHS viscosity at 150°C of 2.2 centipoise ("cP") or less, such as 2.0 cP or less, or at 1.0 cP or less, or 1.8 cP or less, or 1.7 cP or less.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions have an HTHS viscosity of 1.5 cP to 2.2 cP, or 1.8 cP to 2.2 cP, or 1.9 cP to 2.1 cP.
  • the HTHS viscosity at 150°C is a measure of fuel efficiency with lower HTHS values yielding improved fuel economy in direct injection engines, gasoline engines, and diesel engines.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions may have a Noack volatility that is desirable for particular applications.
  • Noack volatility refers to the weight loss of the tested component as determined in accordance with ASTM D5800.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions may have a Noack volatility of 20 wt% or less, such as 18 wt% or less, or 16 wt% or less, or 15 wt% or less.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions may have a Noack volatility of 10 wt% to 18 wt%, or 12 wt% to 16 wt%, or 14 wt% to 16 wt%.
  • the engine oil composition may further comprise a polymeric ethylene oxide friction modifier in an amount of 0.1 wt% to 5.0 wt% based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition may be used to lubricate internal combustion engines, including, but not limited to, direct injection engines, gasoline engines, and diesel engines.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition may be made by providing a PAO base oil component, a Group II base oil component, a non-borated succinimide dispersant having a peak molecular weight of 6000 or less, and an optional polymeric ethylene oxide friction modifier.
  • the method for making the engine oil composition may further include blending from 50 wt% to 90 wt% of the PAO base stock with from 0.1 wt% to 50 wt% the Group II base stock, from 0.1 wt% to 8 wt% of the non-borated succinimide dispersant having a peak molecular weight of 6000 or less, and from 0.1 wt% to 5.0 wt% of the optional polymeric ethylene oxide friction modifier, based on the total weight of the lubricant composition.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions having have a kinematic viscosity at 100°C of 10 cSt or less, an HTHS viscosity at 150°C of 2.2 cP or less, and a Noack volatility of 20 wt% of less.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions are particularly suitable as 0W-4, 0W-8, 0W-12 and 0W-16 viscosity grade engine oils.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions may include a PAO base oil component and a Group II base oil component.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions may further include a Group V base oil component.
  • Lubricating base oils that are useful in the present disclosure are both natural oils, and synthetic oils, and unconventional oils (or mixtures thereof) can be used unrefined, refined, or rerefined (the latter is also known as reclaimed or reprocessed oil).
  • Unrefined oils are those obtained directly from a natural or synthetic source and used without added purification. These include shale oil obtained directly from retorting operations, petroleum oil obtained directly from primary distillation, and ester oil obtained directly from an esterification process.
  • Refined oils are similar to the oils discussed for unrefined oils except refined oils are subjected to one or more purification steps to improve at least one lubricating oil property.
  • One skilled in the art is familiar with many purification processes. These processes include solvent extraction, secondary distillation, acid extraction, base extraction, filtration, and percolation. Rerefined oils are obtained by processes analogous to refined oils but using an oil that has been previously used.
  • Groups I, II, III, IV and V are broad categories of base oil stocks developed and defined by the American Petroleum Institute (API Publication 1509; www.API.org) to create guidelines for lubricant base oils.
  • Group I base stocks generally have a viscosity index of between 80 to 120 and contain greater than 0.03% sulfur and/or less than 90% saturates.
  • viscosity index (VI) is determined by ASTM D2270.
  • Group II base stocks generally have a viscosity index of between 80 to 120, and contain less than or equal to 0.03% sulfur and greater than or equal to 90% saturates.
  • Group III stocks generally have a viscosity index greater than 120 and contain less than or equal to 0.03% sulfur and greater than 90% saturates.
  • Group IV includes polyalphaolefins (PAO).
  • Group V base stock includes base stocks not included in Groups I-IV.
  • Non-limiting exemplary Group V base stocks include alkylated naphthalene base stock, ester base stock, aliphatic ether base stock, aryl ether base stock, ionic liquid base stock, and combinations thereof.
  • Table 1 Base Oil Properties Saturates Sulfur Viscosity Index Group I ⁇ 90 &/or > 0.03% & ⁇ 80 & ⁇ 120 Group II ⁇ 90 & ⁇ 0.03% & ⁇ 80 & ⁇ 120 Group III > 90 & ⁇ 0.03% & > 120 Group IV Includes polyalphaolefins (PAO) Group V All other base oil stocks not included in Groups I, II, III, or IV
  • Natural oils include animal oils, vegetable oils (castor oil and lard oil, for example), and mineral oils. Animal and vegetable oils possessing favorable thermal oxidative stability can be used. Mineral oils vary widely as to their crude source, for example, as to whether they are paraffinic, naphthenic, or mixed paraffinic-naphthenic. Oils derived from coal or shale are also useful. Natural oils vary also as to the method used for their production and purification, for example, their distillation range and whether they are straight run or cracked, hydrorefined, or solvent extracted.
  • Group II and/or Group III hydroprocessed or hydrocracked basestocks including synthetic oils such as polyalphaolefins, alkyl aromatics and synthetic esters are also well known base stock oils.
  • Synthetic oils include hydrocarbon oil.
  • Hydrocarbon oils include oils such as polymerized and interpolymerized olefins (polybutylenes, polypropylenes, propylene isobutylene copolymers, ethylene-olefin copolymers, and ethylene-alphaolefin copolymers, for example).
  • Polyalphaolefin (PAO) oil base stocks are commonly used synthetic hydrocarbon oil.
  • PAOs derived from C 8 , C 10 , C 12 , C 14 olefins or mixtures thereof may be utilized.
  • the number average molecular weights of the PAOs typically vary from 250 to 3,000, although PAO's may be made in viscosities up to 100 cSt (100°C).
  • the PAOs are typically comprised of relatively low molecular weight hydrogenated polymers or oligomers of alphaolefins which include, but are not limited to, C 2 to C 32 alphaolefins with the C 8 to C 16 alphaolefins, such as 1-octene, 1-decene, 1-dodecene.
  • suitable polyalphaolefins are poly-1-octene, poly-1-decene and poly-1-dodecene and mixtures thereof and mixed olefin-derived polyolefins.
  • the dimers of higher olefins in the range of C 14 to C 18 may be used to provide low viscosity basestocks of acceptably low volatility.
  • the PAOs may be predominantly trimers and tetramers of the starting olefins, with minor amounts of the higher oligomers, having a viscosity range of 1.5 to 12 cSt.
  • the PAO fluids may be conveniently made by the polymerization of an alphaolefin in the presence of a polymerization catalyst such as the Friedel-Crafts catalysts including, for example, aluminum trichloride, boron trifluoride or complexes of boron trifluoride with water, alcohols such as ethanol, propanol or butanol, carboxylic acids or esters such as ethyl acetate or ethyl propionate.
  • a polymerization catalyst such as the Friedel-Crafts catalysts including, for example, aluminum trichloride, boron trifluoride or complexes of boron trifluoride with water, alcohols such as ethanol, propanol or butanol, carboxylic acids or esters such as ethyl acetate or ethyl propionate.
  • the hydrocarbyl aromatics can be used as base oil or base oil component and can be any hydrocarbyl molecule that contains at least 5% of its weight derived from an aromatic moiety such as a benzenoid moiety or naphthenoid moiety, or their derivatives.
  • These hydrocarbyl aromatics include alkyl benzenes, alkyl naphthalenes, alkyl diphenyl oxides, alkyl naphthols, alkyl diphenyl sulfides, alkylated bis-phenol A, alkylated thiodiphenol.
  • the aromatic can be mono-alkylated, dialkylated, polyalkylated.
  • the aromatic can be mono- or polyfunctionalized.
  • the hydrocarbyl groups can also be comprised of mixtures of alkyl groups, alkenyl groups, alkynyl, cycloalkyl groups, cycloalkenyl groups and other related hydrocarbyl groups.
  • the hydrocarbyl groups can range from C 6 up to C 60 with a range of C 8 to C 20 being used in some embodiments.
  • a mixture of hydrocarbyl groups may be used, and up to three such substituents may be present.
  • the hydrocarbyl group can optionally contain sulfur, oxygen, and/or nitrogen containing substituents.
  • the aromatic group can also be derived from natural (petroleum) sources, provided at least 5% of the molecule is comprised of an above-type aromatic moiety.
  • Viscosities at 100°C of 3 cSt to 50 cSt may be used, with viscosities of 3.4 cSt to 20 cSt being used in some embodiment for the hydrocarbyl aromatic component.
  • an alkyl naphthalene where the alkyl group is primarily comprised of 1-hexadecene is used.
  • Other alkylates of aromatics can be advantageously used.
  • Naphthalene or methyl naphthalene, for example, can be alkylated with olefins such as octene, decene, dodecene, tetradecene or higher, mixtures of similar olefins the like.
  • Useful concentrations of hydrocarbyl aromatic in a lubricant oil composition can be 2 wt% to 25 wt%, or 4 wt% to 20 wt%, or 4 wt% to 15 wt%, depending on the application.
  • Esters comprise a useful base stock. Additive solvency and seal compatibility characteristics may be secured by the use of esters such as the esters of dibasic acids with monoalkanols and the polyol esters of monocarboxylic acids.
  • Esters of the former type include, for example, the esters of dicarboxylic acids such as phthalic acid, succinic acid, alkyl succinic acid, alkenyl succinic acid, maleic acid, azelaic acid, suberic acid, sebacic acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid, linoleic acid dimer, malonic acid, alkyl malonic acid, alkenyl malonic acid, with a variety of alcohols such as butyl alcohol, hexyl alcohol, dodecyl alcohol, 2-ethylhexyl alcohol Specific examples of these types of esters include dibutyl adipate, di(2-ethylhexyl) sebacate, din-hexyl fumarate
  • Particularly useful synthetic esters are those which are obtained by reacting one or more polyhydric alcohols, including the hindered polyols (such as the neopentyl polyols, e.g., neopentyl glycol, trimethylol ethane, 2-methyl-2-propyl-1,3-propanediol, trimethylol propane, pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol) with alkanoic acids containing at least 4 carbon atoms, including C 5 to C 30 acids such as saturated straight chain fatty acids including caprylic acid, capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, arachic acid, and behenic acid, or the corresponding branched chain fatty acids or unsaturated fatty acids such as oleic acid, or mixtures of any of these materials.
  • the hindered polyols such as the neopentyl polyols, e
  • Suitable synthetic ester components include the esters of trimethylol propane, trimethylol butane, trimethylol ethane, pentaerythritol and/or dipentaerythritol with one or more monocarboxylic acids containing from 5 to 10 carbon atoms. These esters are widely available commercially, for example, the Mobil P-41 and P-51 esters of ExxonMobil Chemical Company).
  • Other useful fluids of lubricating viscosity include non-conventional or unconventional base stocks that have been processed, for example, catalytically, or synthesized to provide high performance lubrication characteristics.
  • Non-conventional or unconventional base stocks/base oils include one or more of a mixture of base stock(s) derived from one or more Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) materials, as well as isomerate/isodewaxate base stock(s) derived from natural wax or waxy feeds, mineral and or non-mineral oil waxy feed stocks such as slack waxes, natural waxes, and waxy stocks such as gas oils, waxy fuels hydrocracker bottoms, waxy raffinate, hydrocrackate, thermal crackates, or other mineral, mineral oil, or even non-petroleum oil derived waxy materials such as waxy materials received from coal liquefaction or shale oil, and mixtures of such base stocks.
  • GTL Gas-to-Liquids
  • GTL materials may derive from hydrogen-containing and carbon-containing compounds as feed stocks, from one or more transformation steps including, for example, synthesis, combination, transformation, rearrangement, or degradation/deconstructive processes.
  • Gaseous feed stocks include, for example, hydrogen, water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, propane, propylene, propyne, butane, butylenes, and butynes.
  • GTL base stocks are GTL materials of lubricating viscosity that are derived for example from hydrocarbons, particularly waxy synthesized hydrocarbons, and oxygenate analogues, produced from gaseous feed stocks, as discussed herein.
  • GTL base stocks include oils boiling in the lube oil boiling range, having reduced pour point, that may be produced from (1) synthesized wax or waxy hydrocarbons, (2) synthesized GTL materials, (3) synthesized Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) materials (i.e., hydrocarbons, waxy hydrocarbons, waxes, and analogous oxygenates), using one or more of processes that include, for example, fractionation, distillation, catalytic dewaxing, solvent dewaxing, catalytic hydrocracking/hydroisomerization, and hydrofinishing.
  • GTL materials, more particularly GTL base stocks are preferably derived from F-T materials.
  • the base oil constitutes the major component of the engine oil lubricant composition of the present disclosure and is present in an amount ranging from 50 to 99 wt%, e.g., from 70 to 90 wt% or from 85 to 95 wt%, based on the total weight of the composition.
  • the base stock name is associated with the D445 KV100 viscosity of the base stock. For instance, PAO 4 has a D445 100C viscosity of 4 cSt; GTL 3 has a D445 100C viscosity of 3 cSt.
  • the PAO base oil is included in an amount of 50 wt% to 90 wt%, suc has 60 wt% to 80 wt%, or 65 wt% to 80 wt%, or 69 wt% to 76 wt% based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • the PAO base oil has a Noack volatility of 12.5% to 15%.
  • the PAO base oil may have KV100 at 100°C of 5 cSt or less. In some embodiments, the PAO base oil may have a KV100 at 100°C of 1 cSt to 5 cSt.
  • the Group II base oil is included in an amount of 0.1 wt% to 50 wt%, or such as 5 wt% to 20 wt%, or 8 wt% to 15 wt%, or 9 wt% to 12 wt% based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • the Group II base oil may have a KV100 at 100°C of from 1 cSt to 8 cSt, or from 2 cSt to 6 cSt, or from 1 cSt to 3.7 cSt.
  • a Group V base oil may be included in the engine oil compositions.
  • the Group V base oil may be included in the engine oil lubricant composition in an amount of 0 wt% to 30 wt%, 0 wt% to 10 wt%, or from 0 wt% to 5 wt% based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • the Group V base oil may have a kinematic viscosity at 100°C of from 1 cSt to 8 cSt, or 2 cSt to 6 cSt, or 3 cSt to 5 cSt.
  • Dispersants help keep these byproducts in solution, thus diminishing their deposition on metal surfaces.
  • Dispersants may be ashless or ash-forming in nature. So-called ashless dispersants are organic materials that form substantially no ash upon combustion. For example, non-metal-containing or borated metal-free dispersants are considered ashless. In contrast, metal-containing detergents discussed above form ash upon combustion.
  • Succinimides are formed by the condensation reaction between hydrocarbyl substituted succinic anhydrides and amines.
  • Succinimide dispersants are typically the imide formed from a polyamine, typically a poly(ethyleneamine). Molar ratios may vary depending on the polyamine. For example, the molar ratio of hydrocarbyl substituted succinic anhydride to TEPA may vary from 1:1 to 5:1.
  • useful dispersants include, for example, N-substituted hydrocarbyl-substituted succinimide dispersants (NSHS).
  • NSHS N-substituted hydrocarbyl-substituted succinimide dispersants
  • boron derivatives of amine-containing and polyamine-containing additives disclosed herein are suitably used with the invention of this disclosure.
  • the succinimide dispersants may include borated succinimide dispersants.
  • the borated succinimide dispersants can be borated with from 0.1 moles to 5 moles of boron per mole of dispersant reaction product.
  • embodiments may include succinimide dispersants to provide improved fuel efficiency as compared to borated succinimide dispersants.
  • the succinimide dispersants may have a peak molecular weight selected, for example, to provide improved fuel efficiency. By inclusion of a non-borated succinimide dispersants with a lower peak molecular weight, the fuel efficiency of the engine oil lubricant compositions may be improved.
  • the succinimide dispersants may have a peak molecular weight of 6000 or less, as determined using gel permeation chromatography with polystyrene calibration standard.
  • the succinimide dispersants may have a peak molecular weight of 4000 to 6000, as determined using gel permeation chromatography with polystyrene calibration standard.
  • the non-borated succinimide dispersants is included in the engine oil lubricant composition in an amount of 0.1 wt% to 8_wt% or 0.5 wt % to 8 wt% based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition. In some embodiments, a combination of succinimide dispersants may be used.
  • one or more additional dispersants may be included in the engine oil lubricant compositions.
  • Typical dispersants include, but are not limited to, amines, alcohols, amides, or ester polar moieties attached to the polymer backbones via bridging groups.
  • Ashless dispersants useful in specific embodiments may be selected, for example, from oil soluble salts, esters, amino-esters, amides, imides, and oxazolines of long chain hydrocarbon substituted mono and dicarboxylic acids or their anhydrides; thiocarboxylate derivatives of long chain hydrocarbons; long chain aliphatic hydrocarbons having a polyamine attached directly thereto; and Mannich condensation products formed by condensing a long chain substituted phenol with formaldehyde and polyalkylene-polyamine. Borated metal-free analogues of the ashless dispersants disclosed herein are also considered ashless.
  • Nitrogen-containing ashless (metal-free) dispersants are basic, and contribute to the TBN of a lubricating oil composition to which they are added, without introducing additional sulfated ash. Many types of ashless dispersants are known in the art.
  • Suitable dispersant molecular structures for the additional dispersants typically contain a polar group attached to a relatively high molecular weight hydrocarbon chain.
  • ashless dispersants generally comprise an oil soluble polymeric hydrocarbon backbone having functional groups that are capable of associating with particles to be dispersed.
  • the polar group typically contains at least one element of nitrogen, oxygen, or phosphorus, and may comprise, for example, salts, esters, amino-esters, amides, imides, oxazolines, polyamines, carboxylic acids, thiocarboxylates.
  • Typical hydrocarbon chains contain 50 to 400 carbon atoms.
  • the additional dispersants may be included in the engine oil lubricant composition in any suitable amount.
  • an additional dispersant may be included an amount of 0.1 wt% to 8_wt% or 0.5 wt % to 8 wt% based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions may include a friction modifier.
  • a friction modifier is any material or two or more materials that can alter the coefficient of friction of a surface lubricated by a lubricant or fluid containing such material(s). Friction modifiers, also known as friction modifiers, or lubricity agents or oiliness agents, and other such agents that change the ability of base oils, formulated lubricant compositions, or functional fluids, to modify the coefficient of friction of a lubricated surface may be effectively used in combination with the base oils or lubricant compositions of the present disclosure if desired. Friction modifiers that lower the coefficient of friction are particularly advantageous in combination with the base oils and lube compositions of this disclosure.
  • Friction modifiers may include metal-containing compounds or materials as well as ashless compounds or materials, or mixtures thereof.
  • Metal-containing friction modifiers may include metal salts or metal-ligand complexes where the metals may include alkali, alkaline earth, or transition group metals. Such metal-containing friction modifiers may also have low-ash characteristics.
  • Transition metals may include Mo, Sb, Sn, Fe, Cu, Zn, and others.
  • Such suitable ligands may include hydrocarbyl derivative of alcohols, polyols, glycerols, partial ester glycerols, thiols, carboxylates, carbamates, thiocarbamates, dithiocarbamates, phosphates, thiophosphates, dithiophosphates, amides, imides, amines, thiazoles, thiadiazoles, dithiazoles, diazoles, triazoles, and other polar molecular functional groups containing effective amounts of O, N, S, or P, individually or in combination.
  • Ashless friction modifiers can also be used. Suitable ashless friction modifiers may include hydroxyl-containing hydrocarbyl base oils, glycerides, partial glycerides, glyceride derivatives, fatty organic acids, fatty amines, and sulfurized fatty acids. Suitable ashless friction modifiers may also include lubricant materials that contain effective amounts of polar groups, for example, hydroxyl-containing hydrocarbyl base oils, glycerides, partial glycerides, glyceride derivatives. Polar groups in friction modifiers may include hydrocarbyl groups containing effective amounts of O, N, S, or P, individually or in combination.
  • friction modifiers that may be particularly effective include, for example, salts (both ash-containing and ashless derivatives) of fatty acids, fatty alcohols, fatty amides, fatty esters, hydroxyl-containing carboxylates, and comparable synthetic long-chain hydrocarbyl acids, alcohols, amides, esters, hydroxy carboxylates.
  • fatty organic acids, fatty amines, and sulfurized fatty acids may be used as suitable friction modifiers.
  • friction modifiers containing ethylene-oxide segments are effective.
  • Ashless friction modifiers may be or may include polymeric and/or non-polymeric molecules.
  • a suitable polymeric friction modifier may have a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 3,000 or more; 4,000 or more; 5,000 or more; 6,000 or more; 7,000 or more; 8,000 or more; 9,000 or more; 10,000 or more; 15,000 or more; 20,000 or more; 30,000 or more; 40,000 or more; or 45,000 or more.
  • the Mw of suitable polymeric friction modifiers may also range from a low of 3,000, 4,000, or 5,000 to a high of 10,000; 30,000, or 50,000.
  • the Mw of suitable polymeric friction modifiers may also range from 3,000 to 15,000; 4,000 to 12,000; 3,000 to 9,000; 3,000 to 7,000.
  • the Mw of suitable polymeric friction modifiers may also be 3,000, 4,000, 5,000, 6,000, 7,000, 8,000, or 9,000.
  • a particularly suitable polymeric friction modifier is or includes ethylene oxide (EtO).
  • a suitable non-polymeric friction modifier may be or may include a mixed glyceride ester of mostly C14, C16, and C18 molecules.
  • Each C14, C16, and C18 molecule may be linear, branched or cyclic. A majority of the C14, C16, and C18 molecules are linear and are completely saturated.
  • the mixed glyceride ester may be a mix of monoglycerides, diglycerides and triglycerides.
  • the at least one friction modifier concentration may also range from a low of 0.1 wt%, 0.5 wt%, or 1.0 wt% to a high of 5 wt%, 8 wt%, or 10 wt%.
  • the foregoing friction modifier concentrations are based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • the engine oil lubricant composition may also include one or more other additives typical for engine oils.
  • These other additives may include any one or more viscosity modifiers, anti-wear additives, detergents, antioxidants, pour point depressant, corrosion inhibitors, anti-rust additives, metal deactivators, seal compatibility additives, and anti-foam agents.
  • These other additives may be provided to the lubricant composition in the form of an additive package.
  • the additive packages may be incorporated into the engine lubricant compositions at loadings of 9 wt% to 15 wt%, or 10 to 14.5 wt%, or 11 wt% to 14 wt%, based on the total weight of the composition.
  • the additive packages may also be incorporated into the engine lubricant compositions at loadings ranging from a low of 5 wt%, 7 wt%, 9 wt%, or 10 wt% to a high of 11 wt%, 14 wt%, 14.5 wt%, or 15 wt%, based on the total weight of the composition.
  • Viscosity Modifiers (VM)
  • Viscosity modifiers are also known as VI improvers, viscosity index improvers and viscosity improvers. Suitable viscosity modifiers provide lubricants with high temperature and low temperature operability. Suitable viscosity modifiers also impart shear stability at elevated temperatures and acceptable viscosity at low temperatures.
  • Suitable viscosity modifiers may be or may include one or more linear or star-shaped polymers and/or copolymers of methacrylate, butadiene, olefins, isoprene or alkylated styrenes, polyisobutylene, polymethacrylate, ethylene-propylene, hydrogenated block copolymer of styrene and isoprene, polyacrylates, styrene-isoprene block copolymer, styrene-butadiene copolymer, ethylene-propylene copolymer, hydrogenated star polyisoprene, and combinations thereof.
  • polymer refers to any two or more of the same or different repeating units.
  • homopolymer refers to a polymer having units that are the same.
  • copolymer refers to a polymer having two or more units that are different from each other, and includes terpolymers.
  • terpolymer refers to a polymer having three units that are different from each other.
  • different refers to units indicates that the units differ from each other by at least one atom or are different isomerically.
  • the definition of polymer includes homopolymers, copolymers.
  • styrenic block copolymer refers to any copolymer that includes units of styrene and a mid-block.
  • Suitable olefin copolymers are commercially available from Chevron Oronite Company LLC under the trade designation "PARATONE ® " (such as “PARATONE ® 8921” and “PARATONE ® 8941”); from Afton Chemical Corporation under the trade designation “HiTEC ® “ (such as “HiTEC ® 5850B”; and from The Lubrizol Corporation under the trade designation “Lubrizol ® 7067C”.
  • Suitable polyisoprene polymers for example, are commercially available from Infineum International Limited, e.g. under the trade designation "SV200”.
  • Suitable diene-styrene copolymers for example, are commercially available from Infineum International Limited, e.g. under the trade designation "SV 260".
  • One particularly suitable viscosity modifier is polyisobutylene.
  • Another particularly suitable viscosity modifier is polymethacrylate, which can also serve as pour point depressant.
  • Other particularly suitable viscosity modifiers include copolymers of ethylene and propylene, hydrogenated block copolymers of styrene and isoprene, and polyacrylates. Specific examples include styrene-isoprene and styrene-butadiene based polymers of 50,000 to 200,000 molecular weight.
  • Suitable viscosity modifiers may further include high molecular weight hydrocarbons, polyesters and dispersants that function as both a viscosity modifier and a dispersant.
  • Typical molecular weights of these polymers may range between 10,000 and 2,000,000, more typically 20,000 and 1,500,000, and even more typically between 50,000 and 1,200,000.
  • the at least one viscosity modifier may be included in the engine oil lubricant composition at a concentration of 0.1 wt% to 5 wt%, or 0.1 wt% to 8 wt%, or 0.1 wt% to 14 wt%, or 0.5 wt% to 10 wt%, or 0.01 wt% to 2 wt%, or 1.0 wt% to 7.5 wt%, or 1.5 wt% to 5 wt%.
  • the at least one viscosity modifier may also be included in the engine oil lubricant composition at a concentration ranging from a low of 0.1 wt%, 0.3 wt%, or 0.5 wt% to a high of 5 wt%, 8 wt%, or 16 wt%.
  • the at least one viscosity modifier concentration may also range from a low of 0.1 wt%, 0.5 wt%, or 1.0 wt% to a high of 8 wt%, 12 wt%, or 14 wt%.
  • the foregoing viscosity modifier concentrations are based on a polymer concentrate basis in terms of the total weight of the lubricant composition.
  • ZDDP zinc dialkyldithiophosphate
  • ZDDP compounds generally are of the formula Zn[SP(S)(OR 1 )(OR 2 )] 2 where R 1 and R 2 are C 1 -C 18 alkyl groups, such as C 2 -C 12 alkyl groups. These alkyl groups may be straight chain or branched.
  • the ZDDP is typically used in amounts of 0.4 wt% to 1.4 wt% of the total lubricant oil composition, although more or less can often be used advantageously.
  • the ZDDP is a secondary ZDDP and present in an amount of 0.6 wt% to 1.0 wt%, or 0.6 wt% to 0.91 wt% of the total lubricant composition.
  • suitable zinc dithiophosphates which are commercially available include secondary zinc dithiophosphates such as those available from for example, The Lubrizol Corporation under the trade designations "LZ 677A”, “LZ 1095” and “LZ 1371", from for example Chevron Oronite under the trade designation "OLOA 262” and from for example Afton Chemical under the trade designation "HITEC 7169".
  • a typical detergent is an anionic material that contains a long chain hydrophobic portion of the molecule and a smaller anionic or oleophobic hydrophilic portion of the molecule.
  • the anionic portion of the detergent is typically derived from an organic acid such as a sulfur acid, carboxylic acid, phosphorous acid, phenol, or mixtures thereof.
  • the counterion is typically an alkaline earth or alkali metal.
  • Salts that contain a substantially stochiometric amount of the metal are described as neutral salts and have a total base number (TBN, as measured by ASTM D2896) of from 0 to 80.
  • TBN total base number
  • Many compositions are overbased, containing large amounts of a metal base that is achieved by reacting an excess of a metal compound (a metal hydroxide or oxide, for example) with an acidic gas (such as carbon dioxide).
  • a metal compound a metal hydroxide or oxide, for example
  • an acidic gas such as carbon dioxide
  • Useful detergents can be neutral, mildly overbased, or highly overbased.
  • the overbased material has a ratio of metallic ion to anionic portion of the detergent of 1.05:1 to 50:1 on an equivalent basis. By way of further example, the ratio is from 4:1 to 25:1.
  • the resulting detergent is an overbased detergent that will typically have a TBN of 150 or higher, often 250 to 450 or more.
  • the overbasing cation is sodium, calcium, or magnesium.
  • a mixture of detergents of differing TBN can be used in the present disclosure.
  • suitable detergents may include the alkali or alkaline earth metal salts of sulfonates, phenates, carboxylates, phosphates, and salicylates.
  • Sulfonates may be prepared from sulfonic acids that are typically obtained by sulfonation of alkyl substituted aromatic hydrocarbons.
  • Hydrocarbon examples include those obtained by alkylating benzene, toluene, xylene, naphthalene, biphenyl and their halogenated derivatives (chlorobenzene, chlorotoluene, and chloronaphthalene, for example).
  • the alkylating agents typically have 3 carbon atoms to 70 carbon atoms.
  • the alkaryl sulfonates typically contain 9 carbon atoms to 80 carbon or more carbon atoms, more typically from 16 carbon atoms to 60 carbon atoms.
  • Alkaline earth phenates are another useful class of detergent. These detergents can be made by reacting alkaline earth metal hydroxide or oxide (CaO, Ca(OH) 2 , BaO, Ba(OH) 2 , MgO, Mg(OH) 2 , for example) with an alkyl phenol or sulfurized alkylphenol.
  • Useful alkyl groups include straight chain or branched C 1 -C 30 alkyl groups, such as, C 4 -C 20 .
  • suitable phenols include isobutylphenol, 2-ethylhexylphenol, nonylphenol, dodecyl phenol. It should be noted that starting alkylphenols may contain more than one alkyl substituent that are each independently straight chain or branched.
  • the sulfurized product may be obtained by methods well known in the art. These methods include heating a mixture of alkylphenol and sulfurizing agent (including elemental sulfur, sulfur halides such as sulfur dichloride) and then reacting the sulfurized phenol with an alkaline earth metal base.
  • sulfurizing agent including elemental sulfur, sulfur halides such as sulfur dichloride
  • Metal salts of carboxylic acids are also useful as detergents. These carboxylic acid detergents may be prepared by reacting a basic metal compound with at least one carboxylic acid and removing free water from the reaction product. These compounds may be overbased to produce the desired TBN level.
  • Detergents made from salicylic acid are one example class of detergents derived from carboxylic acids.
  • Useful salicylates include long chain alkyl salicylates.
  • R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 4, and M is an alkaline earth metal.
  • Example R groups are alkyl chains of at least C 11 , for example, C 13 or greater. R may be optionally substituted with substituents that do not interfere with the detergent's function.
  • M is, in some embodiments, calcium, magnesium, or barium.
  • Hydrocarbyl-substituted salicylic acids may be prepared from phenols by the Kolbe reaction.
  • the metal salts of the hydrocarbyl-substituted salicylic acids may be prepared by double decomposition of a metal salt in a polar solvent such as water or alcohol.
  • Alkaline earth metal phosphates may also be used as detergents.
  • Detergents may be simple detergents or what is known as hybrid or complex detergents. The latter detergents can provide the properties of two detergents without the need to blend separate materials.
  • suitable detergents may include calcium phenates, calcium sulfonates, calcium salicylates, magnesium phenates, magnesium sulfonates, magnesium salicylates and other related components (including borated detergents).
  • the total detergent concentration is 0.01 wt% to 6.0 wt%, or 0.01 wt% to 4 wt%, or 0.01 wt% to 3 wt%, or 0.01 wt% to 2.2 wt%, or 0.01 wt% to 1.5 wt%, or 0.1 wt% to 3.5 wt%.
  • Antioxidants retard the oxidative degradation of base oils during service. Such degradation may result in deposits on metal surfaces, the presence of sludge, or a viscosity increase in the lubricant.
  • One skilled in the art knows a wide variety of oxidation inhibitors that are useful in lubricating oil compositions.
  • Useful antioxidants may include hindered phenols. These phenolic antioxidants may be ashless (metal-free) phenolic compounds or neutral or basic metal salts of certain phenolic compounds. Typical phenolic antioxidant compounds are the hindered phenolics which are the ones which contain a sterically hindered hydroxyl group, and these include those derivatives of dihydroxy aryl compounds in which the hydroxyl groups are in the o- or p-position to each other. Typical phenolic antioxidants include the hindered phenols substituted with C 6 + alkyl groups and the alkylene coupled derivatives of these hindered phenols.
  • phenolic materials of this type 2-t-butyl-4-heptyl phenol; 2-t-butyl-4-octyl phenol; 2-t-butyl-4-dodecyl phenol; 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-heptyl phenol; 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-dodecyl phenol; 2-methyl-6-t-butyl-4-heptyl phenol; and 2-methyl-6-t-butyl-4-dodecyl phenol.
  • Other useful hindered mono-phenolic antioxidants may include for example hindered 2,6-di-alkyl-phenolic proprionic ester derivatives.
  • Bis-phenolic antioxidants may also be advantageously used in combination with the some embodiments of the engine oil lubricant compositions.
  • ortho-coupled phenols include: 2,2'-bis(4-heptyl-6-t-butyl-phenol); 2,2'-bis(4-octyl-6-t-butyl-phenol); and 2,2'-bis(4-dodecyl-6-t-butyl-phenol).
  • Para-coupled bisphenols include for example 4,4'-bis(2,6-di-t-butyl phenol) and 4,4'-methylene-bis(2,6-di-t-butyl phenol).
  • Non-phenolic oxidation inhibitors which may be used include aromatic amine antioxidants and these may be used either as such or in combination with phenolics.
  • Typical examples of non-phenolic antioxidants include: alkylated and non-alkylated aromatic amines such as aromatic monoamines of the formula R 8 R 9 R 10 N where R 8 is an aliphatic, aromatic or substituted aromatic group, R 9 is an aromatic or a substituted aromatic group, and R 10 is H, alkyl, aryl or R 11 S(O)xR 12 where R 11 is an alkylene, alkenylene, or aralkylene group, R 12 is a higher alkyl group, or an alkenyl, aryl, or alkaryl group, and x is 0, 1 or 2.
  • the aliphatic group R 8 may contain 1 to 20 carbon atoms, for example, 6 to 12 carbon atoms.
  • the aliphatic group is a saturated aliphatic group.
  • both R 8 and R 9 are aromatic or substituted aromatic groups, and the aromatic group may be a fused ring aromatic group such as naphthyl.
  • Aromatic groups R 8 and R 9 may be joined together with other groups such as S.
  • Typical aromatic amines antioxidants have alkyl substituent groups of at least 6 carbon atoms.
  • Examples of aliphatic groups include hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, and decyl. Generally, the aliphatic groups will not contain more than 14 carbon atoms.
  • the general types of amine antioxidants useful in the present compositions include diphenylamines, phenyl naphthylamines, phenothiazines, imidodibenzyls and diphenyl phenylene diamines. Mixtures of two or more aromatic amines are also useful. Polymeric amine antioxidants can also be used.
  • aromatic amine antioxidants useful in some embodiments include: p,p'-dioctyldiphenylamine; t-octylphenyl-alpha-naphthylamine; phenyl-alphanaphthylamine; and p-octylphenyl-alpha-naphthylamine.
  • Sulfurized alkyl phenols and alkali or alkaline earth metal salts thereof may also be useful antioxidants.
  • Example antioxidants may include hindered phenols, arylamines. These antioxidants may be used individually by type or in combination with one another.
  • Antioxidants may be used in an amount of 0.01 wt% to 5 wt%, or 0.01 wt% to 1.5 wt%, or zero to less 1.5 wt%, for example, zero, based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • pour point depressants also known as lube oil flow improvers
  • pour point depressant may be added to lubricant compositions of the present disclosure to lower the minimum temperature at which the fluid will flow or can be poured.
  • suitable pour point depressants include polymethacrylates, polyacrylates, polyarylamides, condensation products of haloparaffin waxes and aromatic compounds, vinyl carboxylate polymers, and terpolymers of dialkylfumarates, vinyl esters of fatty acids and allyl vinyl ethers.
  • Such additives may be used in an amount of 0.01 wt% to 5 wt%, or 0.01 wt %to 1.5 wt%, based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • Corrosion inhibitors are additives that protect lubricated metal surfaces against chemical attack by water or other contaminants. Corrosion inhibitors may also be used to reduce the degradation of metallic parts that are in contact with the lubricating oil composition. As used herein, corrosion inhibitors include anti-rust additives, metal deactivators, and metal passivators.
  • One type of corrosion inhibitor is a polar compound that wets the metal surface for example, protecting it with a film of oil.
  • Another type of corrosion inhibitor absorbs water by incorporating it in a water-in-oil emulsion so that only oil touches the metal surface.
  • Yet another type of corrosion inhibitor chemically adheres to the metal to produce a non-reactive surface.
  • Suitable corrosion inhibitors include zinc dithiophosphates, metal phenolates, basic metal sulfonates, fatty acids and amines.
  • Suitable corrosion inhibitors include, for example, aryl thiazines, alkyl substituted dimercaptothiodiazoles, alkyl substituted dimercaptothiadiazoles, thiazoles, triazoles, non-ionic polyoxyalkylene polyols and esters thereof, polyoxyalkylene phenols, anionic alkyl sulfonic acids, and mixtures thereof.
  • Illustrative corrosion inhibitors may include, for example, (short-chain) alkenyl succinic acids, partial esters thereof and nitrogen-containing derivatives thereof; and petroleum sulfonates, synthetic sulfonates, synthetic alkarylsulfonates, such as metal alkylbenzene sulfonates, and metal dinonylnaphthalene sulfonates.
  • Corrosion inhibitors also include, for example, monocarboxylic acids which have from 8 to 30 carbon atoms, alkyl or alkenyl succinates or partial esters thereof, hydroxy-fatty acids which have from 12 to 30 carbon atoms and derivatives thereof, sarcosines which have from 8 to 24 carbon atoms and derivatives thereof, amino acids and derivatives thereof, naphthenic acid and derivatives thereof, lanolin fatty acid, mercapto-fatty acids and paraffin oxides.
  • monocarboxylic acids which have from 8 to 30 carbon atoms, alkyl or alkenyl succinates or partial esters thereof, hydroxy-fatty acids which have from 12 to 30 carbon atoms and derivatives thereof, sarcosines which have from 8 to 24 carbon atoms and derivatives thereof, amino acids and derivatives thereof, naphthenic acid and derivatives thereof, lanolin fatty acid, mercapto-fatty acids and paraffin oxides.
  • Examples of particular corrosion inhibitors include monocarboxylic acids (C 8 -C 30 ), caprylic acid, pelargonic acid, decanoic acid, undecanoic acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, arachic acid, behenic acid, cerotic acid, montanic acid, melissic acid, oleic acid, docosanic acid, erucic acid, eicosenic acid, beef tallow fatty acid, soy bean fatty acid, coconut oil fatty acid, linolic acid, linoleic acid, tall oil fatty acid, 12-hydroxystearic acid, laurylsarcosinic acid, myritsylsarcosinic acid, palmitylsarcosinic acid, stearylsarcosinic acid, oleylsarcosinic acid, alkylated (C 8 -C 20 ) phenoxyacetic acids, lanolin fatty
  • polybasic carboxylic acids which function as corrosion inhibitors include alkenyl (C 10 -C 100 ) succinic acids and ester derivatives thereof, dimer acid, N-acyl-N-alkyloxyalkyl aspartic acid esters.
  • alkylamines which function as corrosion inhibitors or as reaction products with the above carboxylates to give amides are represented by primary amines such as laurylamine, coconut-amine, n-tridecylamine, myristylamine, n-pentadecylamine, palmitylamine, n-heptadecylamine, stearylamine, n-nonadecylamine, n-eicosylamine, n-heneicosylamine, n-docosylamine, n-tricosylamine, n-pentacosylamine, oleylamine, beef tallow-amine, hydrogenated beef tallow-amine and soy bean-amine.
  • primary amines such as laurylamine, coconut-amine, n-tridecylamine, myristylamine, n-pentadecylamine, palmitylamine, n-heptadecylamine, stearylamine, n
  • alkylenediamines examples include: ethylenediamines such as laurylethylenediamine, coconut ethylenediamine, n-tridecylethylenediamine-, myristylethylenediamine, n-pentadecylethylenediamine, palmitylethylenediamine, n-heptadecylethylenediamine, stearylethylenediamine, n-nonadecylethylenediamine, n-eicosylethylenediamine, n-heneicosylethylenediamine, n-docosylethylendiamine, n-tricosylethylenediamine, n-pentacosylethylenediamine, oleylethylenediamine, beef tallow-ethylenediamine, hydrogenated beef tallow-ethylenediamine and soy bean-ethylenediamine; prop
  • corrosion inhibitors include 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazoles and derivatives thereof, mercaptobenzothiazoles, alkyltriazoles and benzotriazoles.
  • dibasic acids useful as corrosion inhibitors are sebacic acid, adipic acid, azelaic acid, dodecanedioic acid, 3-methyladipic acid, 3-nitrophthalic acid, 1,10-decanedicarboxylic acid, and fumaric acid.
  • the corrosion inhibitors may be a straight or branch-chained, saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acid or ester thereof which are optionally sulfurized in an amount up to 35 wt%.
  • the acid is a C 4 to C 22 straight chain unsaturated monocarboxylic acid.
  • the concentration of this additive is 0.001 wt% to 0.35 wt% based on a total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • An example monocarboxylic acid is sulfurized oleic acid.
  • other suitable materials include oleic acid itself, valeric acid and erucic acid.
  • An illustrative corrosion inhibitor includes a triazole as previously defined. The triazole should be used at a concentration of 0.005 wt% to 0.25 wt% based on a total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • triazole is tolylotriazole which is suitably included in the compositions of the disclosure. Also suitably included in compositions are triazoles, thiazoles and certain diamine compounds which are useful as metal deactivators or metal passivators. Examples include triazole, benzotriazole and substituted benzotriazoles such as alkyl substituted derivatives.
  • the alkyl substituent generally contains up to 15 carbon atoms, for example, up to 8 carbon atoms.
  • the triazoles optionally contain other substituents on the aromatic ring such as halogens, nitro, amino, mercapto.
  • a straight or branched chain saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acid which is optionally sulfurized in an amount which is up to 35 wt%; or an ester of such an acid; and a triazole or alkyl derivatives thereof, or short chain alkyl of up to 5 carbon atoms; n is zero or an integer between 1 and 3 inclusive; and is hydrogen, morpholino, alkyl, amido, amino, hydroxy or alkyl or aryl substituted derivatives thereof; or a triazole selected from 1,2,4 triazole, 1,2,3 triazole, 5-anilo-1,2,3,4-thiatriazole, 3-amino-1,2,4 triazole, 1-H-benzotriazole-1-yl-methylisocyanide, methylene-bis-benzotriazole and naphthotriazole.
  • illustrative corrosion inhibitors may include 2-mercaptobenzothiazole, dialkyl-2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole; N,N'-disalicylideneethylenediamine, N,N'-disalicylidenepropylenediamine, N-salicylideneethylamine, N,N'-disalicylideneethyldiamine; triethylenediamine, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; zinc dialkyldithiophosphates and dialkyl dithiocarbamates.
  • yellow metal passivator refers to a metallurgical grouping that includes, for example, brass and bronze alloys, aluminum bronze, phosphor bronze, copper, copper nickel alloys, and beryllium copper.
  • Typical yellow metal passivators include, for example, benzotriazole, tolutriazole, tolyltriazole, mixtures of sodium tolutriazole and tolyltriazole, imidazole, benzimidazole, imidazoline, pyrimidine, and derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof.
  • a compound containing tolyltriazole is selected.
  • the one or more metal corrosion inhibitors may be present in amounts of 0.01 wt% to 5.0 wt%, or 0.01 wt% to 3.0 wt%, or 0.01 wt% to 1.5 wt%, based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • Seal compatibility agents help to swell elastomeric seals by causing a chemical reaction in the fluid or physical change in the elastomer.
  • Suitable seal compatibility agents for lubricating oils include organic phosphates, aromatic esters, aromatic hydrocarbons, esters (butylbenzyl phthalate, for example), and polybutenyl succinic anhydride. Such additives may be used in an amount of 0.01 wt% to 3 wt%, or 0.01 wt% to 2 wt%, based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • Anti-foam agents may advantageously be added to lubricant compositions. These agents retard the formation of stable foams. Silicones and organic polymers are typical anti-foam agents. For example, polysiloxanes, such as silicon oil or polydimethyl siloxane, provide antifoam properties. Anti-foam agents are commercially available and may be used in conventional minor amounts along with other additives such as demulsifiers; usually the amount of these additives combined is less than 1 weight percent and often less than 0.1 wt%, based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • lubricating oil compositions contain any one or more of the additives discussed above, the additive(s) are blended into the composition in an amount sufficient for it to perform its intended function.
  • Illustrative amounts of such additives that can be used in the engine oil lubricants described herein are shown in Table 1 below.
  • the weight amounts in Table 2 are directed to the amount of active ingredient (that is the non-diluent portion of the ingredient).
  • the wt% indicated below are based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition.
  • Table 2 Typical Amounts of Various Lubricant Oil Components Compound Approximate wt% (Useful) Approximate wt% (Exemplary) Detergent 0.01-6 0.01-4 Dispersant 0.1-20 0.1-8 Friction Modifier 0.01-5 0.01-1.5 Viscosity Modifier (solid polymer basis) 0.1-8 0.1-6 Antioxidant 0.1-5 0.1-2.0 Anti-wear Additive 0.01-6 0.01-4 Pour Point Depressant 0.0-5 0.01-1.5 Anti-foam Agent 0.001-3 0.001-0.15 Base stock or base oil Balance Balance Balance Balance Balance
  • additives may be added independently or may be pre-combined in packages which can be obtained from suppliers of lubricant oil additives.
  • Additive packages with a variety of ingredients, proportions and characteristics are available and selection of the appropriate package will take the requisite use of the ultimate composition into account.
  • the additive package may be incorporated into the engine oil lubricant compositions at loadings of 9 wt% to 15 wt%, or 10 wt% to 14.5 wt%, or 11 wt% to 14 wt%, based on the total weight of the lubricant composition.
  • Table 3 reports the lubricant formulations for each example. The values reported in Table 3 are wt% based on the total weight of the engine oil lubricant composition.
  • the example lubricant compositions are identified as Sample 1-6.
  • Table 3 Sample Lubricant Compositions 1 (ref) 2 (ref) 3 4 5 6 PAO 3.6 Base Stock 69.02 69.52 70.02 69.72 69.72 75.37 PAO 3.4 Base Stock GTL 3 Group II Base Stock 12 12 12 12 8 Other Additives 8.65 8.65 8.65 8.65 8.65 6.5 Viscosity Modifier concentrate 2.5 1.0 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 Borated Dispersant 1 3.5 3.5 3.5 Dispersant 1 3.5 3.5 3.5 Dispersant 2 4.33 4.33 4.33 Dispersant 3 3.63 3.63 3.63 Friction Modifier 1 mixed glyceride ester 0.5 Polymeric EtO Friction Modifier 2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
  • Borated Dispersant 1 was borated.
  • the succinimide dispersant (Dispersant 2) used in Samples 1-3 had a peak molecular weight of 7900 while the succinimide dispersant (Dispersant 3) used in Samples 4-6 had a peak molecular weight of 5400.
  • the polymeric ethylene oxide friction modifier 2 used in Sample Compositions 2-5 had a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 9,200.
  • the Friction Modifier 1 used in Sample Composition 6 had a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 330.
  • the Friction Modifier 2 was a poly-hydroxylcarboxylic acid ester of polyalkylene oxide modified polyols.
  • TBN is the Total Base Number expressed in terms of equivalent milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of the sample, as measured in accordance with ASTM D2896. The molecular weight was determined using gel permeation chromatography with polystyrene calibration standards.
  • Table 5 Base Stock GTL 3 PAO 3.6 KV40, cSt 9.764 15.35 KV100, cSt 2.675 3.6 Viscosity Index 111 118 D5293 CCS, -35C, mPa ⁇ s 580 1070 D5800 Noack, % Loss 40.6 13.9
  • the engine oil lubricant compositions listed in Table 3 were tested for HTHS viscosity, fuel economy, and Noack volatility.
  • the HTHS viscosity was measured in accordance with ASTM D4683.
  • the fuel economy was measured in accordance with PV1496.
  • the Noack volatility was measured in accordance with ASTM D5800. The results of these tests are provided in Table 6 below.
  • a reference to "A and/or B", when used in conjunction with open-ended language such as “comprising” can refer, in one embodiment, to A only (optionally including elements other than B); in another embodiment, to B only (optionally including elements other than A); in yet another embodiment, to both A and B (optionally including other elements).
  • major amount or “major component” as it relates to components included within the liquid coolants of the specification and the claims means greater than or equal to 50 wt%, or greater than or equal to 60 wt%, or greater than or equal to 70 wt%, or greater than or equal to 80 wt%, or greater than or equal to 90 wt% based on the total weight of the liquid coolant.
  • substantially free or “essentially free” as it relates to components included within the liquid coolants of the specification and the claims means that the particular component is at 0 weight % within the lubricating oil, or alternatively is at impurity type levels within the lubricating oil (less than 100 ppm, or less than 20 ppm, or less than 10 ppm, or less than 1 ppm).
  • the phrase "at least one,” in reference to a list of one or more elements, should be understood to mean at least one element selected from anyone or more of the elements in the list of elements, but not necessarily including at least one of each and every element specifically listed within the list of elements and not excluding any combinations of elements in the list of elements.
  • This definition also allows that elements may optionally be present other than the elements specifically identified within the list of elements to which the phrase "at least one" refers, whether related or unrelated to those elements specifically identified.
  • At least one of A and B can refer, in one embodiment, to at least one, optionally including more than one, A, with no B present (and optionally including elements other than B); in another embodiment, to at least one, optionally including more than one, B, with no A present (and optionally including elements other than A); in yet another embodiment, to at least one, optionally including more than one, A, and at least one, optionally including more than one, B (and optionally including other elements).

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  1. Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung, die
    (a) Poly-alpha-olefinbasisölkomponente in einer Menge von 50 bis 90 Gew.%, bezogen auf das Gesamtgewicht der Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung, wobei die Poly-alpha-olefinbasisölkomponente Basisöl der Gruppe IV ist und eine Noack-Flüchtigkeit von 12,5 % bis 15 % aufweist,
    (b) Basisölkomponente der Gruppe II in einer Menge von 0,1 Gew. % bis 50 Gew.%, bezogen auf das Gesamtgewicht der Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung,
    (c) nicht-boriertes Succinimid-Dispergiermittel mit einem Peak des Molekulargewichts von 6000 oder weniger, bestimmt unter Verwendung von Gelpermeationschromatographie mit Polystyrol-Kalibrierstandards, in einer Menge von 0,1 Gew.% bis 8 Gew.%, bezogen auf das Gesamtgewicht der Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung, und
    (d) Reibungsmodifizierungsmittel umfasst,
    wobei die Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung eine kinematische Viskosität bei 100°C von 10 cSt oder weniger, eine Viskosität bei hoher Temperatur und hoher Scherung bei 150°C von 2,2 cP oder weniger, und eine Noack-Flüchtigkeit von 20 % oder weniger aufweist.
  2. Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung nach Anspruch 1, bei der die Poly-alpha-olefinbasisölkomponente eine kinematische Viskosität bei 100°C von 5 cSt oder weniger aufweist.
  3. Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, bei der die Basisölkomponente der Gruppe II ein Gas-zu-flüssig-Basismaterial umfasst.
  4. Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, bei der die Basisölkomponente der Gruppe II eine kinematische Viskosität bei 100°C von 2 cSt bis 6 cSt aufweist.
  5. Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, bei der die Poly-alpha-olefinbasisölkomponente in einer Menge von 52 Gew.% bis 70 Gew.% vorhanden ist, und wobei die Basisölkomponente der Gruppe II in einer Menge von 8 Gew.% bis 29 Gew.% vorhanden ist, bezogen auf das Gesamtgewicht der Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung.
  6. Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, bei der die Poly-alpha-olefinbasisölkomponente in einer Menge von 69 Gew.% bis 76 Gew.% vorhanden ist, und wobei die Basisölkomponente der Gruppe II in einer Menge von 9 Gew.% bis 12 Gew.% vorhanden ist, bezogen auf das Gesamtgewicht der Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung.
  7. Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, bei der das Reibungsmodifizierungsmittel mindestens eines von einem polymeren Ethylenoxid-Reibungsmodifizierungsmittel und gemischtem Glyceridester von C14-, C16- und C18-Molekülen in einer Menge von 0, 1 Gew. % bis 5, 0 Gew. % umfasst, bezogen auf das Gesamtgewicht der Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung.
  8. Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, bei der das Succinimid-Dispergiermittel einen Peak des Molekulargewichts von 4000 bis 6000 aufweist, bestimmt unter Verwendung von Gelpermeationschromatographie mit Polystyrol-Kalibrierstandard.
  9. Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, die des Weiteren mindestens ein Additiv ausgewählt aus der Gruppe bestehend aus Antiverschleißadditiven, Viskositätsmodifizierungsmittel, Antioxidans, Detergens, Stockpunktsenker, Korrosionsinhibitor, Metalldeaktivator, Additiv für Kompatibilität mit Dichtungen, Antischaummittel, Inhibitor, Antirostadditiv und jeglicher Kombination davon umfasst.
  10. Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung nach Anspruch 1, bei der
    die Poly-alpha-olefinbasisölkomponente in einer Menge von 52 Gew.% bis 70 Gew.% vorhanden ist, bezogen auf das Gesamtgewicht der Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung,
    die Basisölkomponente der Gruppe II eine Gas-zu-flüssig-Basisölkomponente ist und in einer Menge von 8 Gew.% bis 29 Gew.% vorhanden ist, bezogen auf das Gesamtgewicht der Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung,
    das nicht-borierte Succinimid-Dispergiermittel, das einen Peak des Molekulargewichts von 6000 oder weniger aufweist, erstes Succiminid-Dispergiermittel ist,
    die Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung des Weiteren zweites Succinimid-Dispergiermittel in einer Menge von 0,1 Gew.% bis 8 Gew.% umfasst, bezogen auf das Gesamtgewicht der Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung, wobei das zweite Succinimid-Dispergiermittel einen Peak des Molekulargewichts von 4000 bis 6000 aufweist, bestimmt unter Verwendung von Gelpermeationschromatographie mit Polystyrol-Kalibrierstandard,
    die Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung des Weiteren polymeres Ethylenoxid-Reibungsmodifizierungsmittel in einer Menge von 0,1 Gew.% bis 5,0 Gew.% umfasst, bezogen auf das Gesamtgewicht der Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung, und
    die Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung eine kinematische Viskosität bei 100°C von 4 cSt oder weniger und eine Noack-Flüchtigkeit von 10 % bis 18 % aufweist.
  11. Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung nach Anspruch 10, bei der die Poly-alpha-olefinbasisölkomponente eine kinematische Viskosität bei 100°C von 5 cSt oder weniger aufweist, und wobei die Basisölkomponente der Gruppe II eine kinematische Viskosität bei 100°C von 2 cSt bis 6 cSt aufweist.
  12. Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung nach Anspruch 10 oder 11, bei der das Poly-alpha-olefinbasisöl in einer Menge von 60 Gew.% bis 70 Gew.% vorhanden ist, und wobei die Gas-zu-flüssig-Basisölkomponente in einer Menge von 10 Gew.% bis 15 Gew.% vorhanden ist.
  13. Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung nach einem der Ansprüche 10 bis 12, die des Weiteren 1 Gew.% bis 3 Gew.% Basisölkomponente der Gruppe V umfasst, bezogen auf das Gesamtgewicht der Motorölschmierstoffzusammensetzung, wobei die Basisölkomponente der Gruppe V eine kinematische Viskosität bei 100°C von 2 bis 6 cSt aufweist.
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